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Extending the home of regeneration

29 October 2004

The emergence of a recognised regeneration sector may be a new phenomenon, but housing associations have been pushing neighbourhood renewal for decades. Heather Greig-Smith finds that many are asserting their credentials as mainstream regeneration players.

Testing voters' charity, optimistic Glaswegians, and ministers' bluff

29 October 2004

Trouble in the North-East, where Diary hears that scores of electors due to vote postally for next week's referendum on regional government have been sent Gift Aid charity donation forms rather than ballot envelopes in which to return their votes.

Letter that led to a different trade

29 October 2004

I started working in Brierley Hill in Dudley when the family fruiterer business opened on the high street in 1988. Due to the continuing decline of the local economy as a by-product of the collapse of the area's heavy industry, a group of independent high street retailers formed the Brierley Hill Traders Association in 1996, and I was elected as founding chair.

Community wins battle to develop derelict site

22 October 2004

A social enterprise and a charity have won a long-running battle to take control of one of the most potentially valuable derelict sites in central London in order to develop community facilities on it, Regeneration & Renewal can reveal.

Gateway skills shortage warning

22 October 2004

The rapid growth in new jobs and businesses anticipated in the Thames Gateway will not necessarily benefit local communities, a government report has warned.

Guidance launched this week

22 October 2004

Guidance to help local authorities achieve quality services through procurement from social enterprises was launched this week. The guidance - commissioned by Co-operatives UK and the Social Enterprise East of England network - considers what opportunities exist for local authorities to implement policy objectives by procuring services from social enterprises. It also examines how councils can use such procurement to meet wider strategic objectives. Pro-active Procurement is available from www.cooperatives-uk.coop/Provide.

West Midlands Regional Assembly to endorse full report

22 October 2004

The West Midlands Regional Assembly was set to endorse in full its strategic review panel's report that alleged a "breakdown in communications" between regional development agency Advantage West Midlands and its regeneration partners as Regeneration & Renewal went to press. WMRA chief executive Trudi Elliott told Regeneration & Renewal that she was "not aware of any proposals likely to come forward to modify the report".